The Prayers of St. Paul: Being an Analysis and Exposition of the Devotional Portion of the Apostle’s Writings

by William Burt Pope

Publisher:

Wesleyan Conference Office

, 1876

Overview

William Burt Pope takes on the underserved and often overlooked prayers of St. Paul, providing a close reading of the text in order to analyze the apostle’s petitions in an original and groundbreaking exposition. Applying the most rigid methods of modern exegesis to these devotional subjects, he presents a fresh look at the words of this apostle, breaking them down in an incisive study. A beneficial study for scholar and layperson alike.

Product Details

• Title: The Prayers of St. Paul: Being an Analysis and Exposition of the Devotional Portion of the Apostle’s Writings
• Author: William Burt Pope
• Publisher: Wesleyan Conference Office
• Print Publication Date: 1876
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 300
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Paul, the Apostle, Saint; Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Resource ID: LLS:PRAYERSTPAUL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:10:24Z

About William Burt Pope

William Burt Pope (1822–1903) was a nineteenth-century Methodist theologian and scholar. He studied theology at Richmond College before becoming a Methodist minister in 1841. In 1867, he was appointed professor of systematic theology at Didsbury College in Manchester, where he lectured and wrote prolifically. In 1877, he became president of the British Wesleyan Conference. 

His Compendium of Christian Theology is the most influential Methodist systematic theology of its time. Many of Pope’s writings and sermons appear in the William Burt Pope Collection.